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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

ASEE — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:05:46 +0000

InvenTeams is a Lemelson-MIT national initiative to foster inventiveness among high school students.Teams composed of students, teacher(s) and mentors identify a problem to address with an invention, and receive up to $10,000 ($2,000 can be a teacher stipend) to develop a prototype. For more information click here.

Scientist for a Day

ASEE — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:08:25 +0000

The Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest, sponsored by NASA, is open to all grade 5-12 students in the United States. Students work alone or in groups of up to four students. They write a 500-word essay about one of three possible imaging targets (Saturn’s moons: Dione; Prometheus & Saturn’s Rings; or Epimetheus and Janus) that the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn can take on May 25, 2009. Students will justify their choice as to which would potentially yield the best science. Winners are invited to participate in a teleconference with Cassini scientists and engineers from JPL (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory).

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The contest deadline is April 30, 2009 at noon, Pacific Daylight Time (3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time).

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BEST Robotics Competition, Teacher Training

ASEE — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:56:23 +0000

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition.
For more information about BEST, its National Conference, and its Teacher Training Pre-Conference Workshops, click here.

“No Boundaries” Competition

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:33:08 +0000

This NASA-USA Today collaboration helps students explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Final career presentations are eligible to win cash awards and VIP passes to a NASA shuttle launch. The contest deadline is May 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.noboundaries-stemcareers.com/

Kids’ Science Challenge

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:32:43 +0000

The Kids’ Science Challenge, backed by a National Science Foundation grant, is a nationwide competition designed to engage 3rd to 6th-graders in practicing science. Students submit experiments, questions or problems to scientists, who choose which ideas become reality. More information is available at http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com

Essay Contest

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:32:13 +0000

The “Green Light Contest” essay competition, sponsored by PC Mall Gov, in partnership with HP, InFocus and T.H.E. Journal, is seeking entries from students in two categories: grades 5 – 8 and 9 – 12. In essays of 1,000 words or less students are asked to describe how they and their teachers can utilize technology to protect the environment. The grand-prize will be a 30-seat “green” computer lab for the author’s school. More information is available at http://www.1105info.com/t.do?id=1685344:15483677

FIRST Competitions

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:31:42 +0000

For information on challenges organized by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology), search their website www.usfirst.org. Included are a robotics competition, tech challenge and a LEGO League.

Digital Photo Competition

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:31:14 +0000

Technology & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in the sixth annual digital photography contest. The competition, open to all K-12 students, challenges you to captureand shareyour unique vision of the world. If you have an artistic side, you also have the option to digitally enhance your photos with your favorite imaging software. The best digitally enhanced photo wins a special prize from Adobe. Other prizes include a digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and more. http://www.techlearning.com/portraits/

2009 TEAMS Competition

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:30:51 +0000

2009 TEAMS Competition

Registration opens in September, 2008 for the 2009 TEAMS competition sponsored by the Junior Engineering Technical Society, or JETS. TEAMS is an annual academic competition that gives high school students the opportunity to discover the practical applications of math and science by solving some of today’s greatest engineering challenges. More than 14,000 students compete every year. Competitions, hosted by colleges and universities, will take place between February 2 and March 15, 2009, at multiple locations across the country. For more information, click on http://www.jets.org/teams/index.cfm.

ExploraVision

ASEE — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:30:24 +0000

Now in its 17th year, ExploraVision encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. It is sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association. Top prize is a $10,000 savings bond.

http://www.exploravision.org/